Pail-rest.



J. T. FLETCHER.

PAIL REST APPLICATION FILED-TUNE 22, 1912.

Patented 0ct.1.1912.

wane/awn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. FLETCHER, 0F BOSCAWEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PAIL-BEST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct 1, 1912.

Application filed June 22, 1812.. Serial No. 705,308.

. taken oil, and which when applied clasps the pail in such a manner as to be secure and is so locked as to providea firm support for the pail on the knees during the operation of milking.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the devlce attached to a pail, the dotted lines showing the device in inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a top plan. Fig. 3 is a face view of the device, in inoperative position. Y

Like characters of reference indicate like parts-throughout theseveral views.

As set forth in the drawings, which are made a vart of this specification and to which re erence is to he had, is a plate having spaced tongues 1 formed thereon and curved so as to depend on a lane parallel with the main portion of the plate and designed to hook over the rim of a pail as'illustrated in Fig. 1. The knee rest D isjformed of a large U-shaped loop of spring wire, the pron of which are provlded with oppositelyisposed perforations 10, a little distance from the ends, and with oppositely-disposed perforations 11, close to the ends of the prongs of the loop. A wire cross bar support B 1s provided, preferably formed from a single piece of wire of suitable size and length, having its ends attached to the plate A in some suitable manner, referably by hooks 5 formed thereon,

,whic catch in perforations 4 provided in plate A, and by means of a hasp 2 formed 'at the middle of the lower portion of plate A, which *clasps the point of,the V-shaped loop 8 the cross bar support B. The cross bar support B startiiig fro the hooks formed at its ends, extends out ardly at right angles to the main portion of plate A for a suitable di'stance, where oppositelypositioned eyes 6 are provided, formed preferably by coils formed in the wire. A little pail, the knee rest D being distance from the eyes 6, offset loops 7 are formed by bending the wire upwardly a suitable distance to form the loops. The loops 7 terminate in the expanded arms of the V-sha-ped loo 8, which is bent down- -wardly at a suite. 1e angle, so that its oint may be attached to hasp 2 on plate illustrated in the drawings.

A cross bar C,preferably of wire is suitably su ported by the cross bar support B, prefera ly in the manner illustrated, the cross bar C having its hooked ends 9 clas ed in the eyes 6 formed by the coils provided in the wire cross bar sup ort. The cross bar C extends through per orations 10 in the knee rest D and acts as a fulcrum for that device. In the perforations 11 in the knee rest D are clasped the laterally-extending arms 12 of a T-shaped connectin piece E, the main post of which extends through an orifice 3 provided near the middle portion of plate A. At the foot of the main post of the T-shaped connecting piece E, a curved plate F is aifixed in some suitable manner, preferably by means of a pin 13, as illus-' trated in the drawings.

In use, plate A having the curved tongues 1 is placed or hooked over the ri1n of the dis osed in a dependent position, as illustrate in Fig. 1 in dotted lines. It will be observed that in this position the curved plate F is drawn back close against the main or outer portion of the hooked plate A. The function of the curved plate F is to press against the outer side of the pail, in 0 position to the tongues 1 of plate A, which lap over the inner side, when plate 'A is fitted over the edge of the pail. i

As the knee rest D is swung from its inoperative or dependent to its horizontal position for use, it acts as a lever having its fulcrum on the cross bar support B, and through the medium of the T-shaped connecting piece E, to the arms 12 of which the ends of the knee rest are attached, presses the curved plate F against the side of the pail, which is thus gripped securely by the tongues 1 of plate 8 and curved plate F.

A locking mechanism for the knee rest D is provided by the offset loops 7, in connection with the main V-shaped loop 8 formed by the wire cross bar support B. The prongs of the knee rest are gradually distended as it is being swung toward a horizontal position, until it reaches the offset loops 7, which permit its prongs to snap together in {the loops 7, thus locking the mechanism in its operative posit-ion.

It will be noted that two holders are required for each pail, positioned on opposite sides of the pail, and that-they may be applied without difliculty at any point around I the upper edge of the pail.

I claim:

' 1. The combination of a plate so shaped as the plate having curved tongues, 21 connect ing piece engaging the ends of the .knee

substantially as described.

rest, and means'for attaching the connect ing piece to the curved plate.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a plate so shaped as to hook'over the edge of a pail, a wire cross. bar support having ofiset loops and a cen-' trally-positioned V-shaped loop formed therein attached to the hooked plate, a cross bar afiixed to the cross bar support, a looped knee rest fulcrumed on the cross bar and so shaped as to spring into locked engagement with the ofi'set loops when raised to a horizontal position, a curved plate positioned within the hooked plate, and a T- shaped connecting piece joining the curved plate and the ends ofthe looped knee rest,

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two' witnesses. v

. JOHN T. FLETCHER.

Witnesses I I i CARL A. HALL, J'- IV. TUCKER.

copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. O." 

